“I keep thinking about George Braque who learnt artificial wood graining from his time as a decorator; the story goes that he taught Picasso and these painted renderings of wood surface became a staple of cubism.” Read more…
It is going to be ‘fun’ to present a body of new prints, supported by a few images, drawings I did from nearly 40 years ago. Some of the earlier drawings etc. are very similar to what is still being produced today. It might be interesting to see the chronological journey – maybe the viewer will say “I can do better than that”. I was tempted do a series of figures – I wanted to make them more than just ‘people studies’. I’m bored with ‘quick click’ ‘n ‘quick fix’ – (modus operandi – these new prints will be the real statement and the paintings a re-hash of old tricks – shhh!).
Most people seem to fail to understand how the Internet works; lacking the understanding of how to get the most out of their blogs and websites (quitting when they fail to make a quick income). Read more…
Woodcuts = Web sites
Posted on February 6, 2011 by admin
“I have begun to think about printing again. The image above is of the first two colors of a woodcut I have started to do. I have decided to walk away from the computer, with its prescriptive software and universal … Continue reading ?
…I paint, I draw, I think like a printer, I am a printer…
With pigment
I have found some screen prints (test pulls) I did when I worked in a screen printing works in Exeter during 1979. The inks I used back then are far superior to the inks we use now – oil based and cellulose inks are denser and heavier with pigment. I have managed to print over them with water based inks, interesting exercise…
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